IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
ELIZABETH THE BELOVED WIFE OF JOHN BROOKBANK OF NORTH SHIELDS WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE NOVEMBER 28TH 1883 AGED 53 YEARS. OH! IS SHE GONE WHOM WE SO DEARLY LOVED WHOSE TENDOR KINDNESS WAS SO OFTEN PROVED. YES SHE IS GONE HER HAPPY SPIRITS FLED. AND SHE'S NUMBERED WITH THE SILENT DEAD. ALSO OF THEIR FOLLOWING CHILDREN. GEORGE MOFFATT. WHO WAS DROWNED FROM THE STEAM TUG LION OCT 9TH 1866. AGED 9 YEARS. JAMES ROSS DIED FEBRUARY 8TH 1870 AGED 18 YEARS. SARAH ANN DIED JUNS 14TH 1876 AGED 8 YEARS. JOSEPH WHO DIED IN INFANCY ALSO JOHN BROOKBANK HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE DIED JULY 6TH 1895 AGED 64 YEARS.